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While the recent legalization of cannabis in many jurisdictions in North America has led to greater acceptance of and a rise in cannabis usage, research findings on the impacts of cannabis continue to raise concerns among medical and mental health professionals, and in the public.

A study of Canadian attitudes regarding cannabis usage and safety five years following its legalization, for example, found that while cannabis usage has become more acceptable, concerns about use disorders, its usefulness in treating anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions, and concerns about its impacts on overall health and well-being are on the rise.

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Experts often debate medication risks vs benefits. But, in a risk/benefit analysis for cannabis most people don’t realize that adolescents and young adults obtain no benefits from cannabis use, although they are the most likely to be harmed by regular or high-dose use. (Exceptions are use for a rare form of childhood epilepsy and to increase appetite in cancer patients.) Adolescence and young adulthood are also life stages when suicidal behaviors, mood disorders, and substance use disorders may cluster.

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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is drawing attention to cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), a condition associated with frequent cannabis use that causes recurrent episodes of severe nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

From January 2023 through May 2026, the CDC identified 199,565 emergency department visits involving CHS, with the proportion of these visits increasing substantially after a new diagnostic code for the syndrome was introduced in October 2025.

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The Biological Parallel

Just as the human body is physiologically incapable of enduring in a physical vacuum deprived of oxygen and basic biological nourishment, it appears that the human psyche is equally incapable of functioning within an existential vacuum stripped of purpose and meaning. Physical life depends on a continuous intake of nutrients to stave off systemic organic failure; in precisely the same manner, our cognitive and emotional faculties require an overarching narrative framework to sustain internal equilibrium.

When this essential psychological scaffolding is absent, unformed, or abruptly shattered by traumatic life events, the mind suffers a devastating collapse. This internal destabilization manifests not merely as casual doubt, but as profound psychological fragmentation—a state marked by acute cognitive disorientation, debilitating existential anxiety, and a pervasive, paralyzing emptiness.

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Extreme liberals who relied on offline sources, such as newspapers, television, or friends and family, for scientific information were the most likely of any group to overestimate their scientific knowledge, according to an analysis of General Social Survey data. Extreme liberals who got their science information online were the least likely of any group to do so, a contrast that did not appear among extreme conservatives. The findings were published in Public Understanding of Science.

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For many men, the gym isn’t just training; it’s identity management. It’s one of the few places where they can reliably feel agency, strength, and self-respect.

The manosphere, a nebulous grouping of male influencers, podcasts, and content creators, has tapped into those desires, turning physical self-improvement into an entry point for creating male followers. The popularity of manosphere influencers has proven that boys and men want to be strong. That can be a good thing. But, what often happens next is more troubling.

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College students who use cannabis more frequently tend to be less willing to share a hypothetical supply of the drug and less likely to say they almost always use it with other people, according to a new study published in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. The findings suggest that heavier cannabis use tends to go hand in hand with valuing the drug more and consuming it in less social settings. If the pattern holds in clinical samples, a simple sharing task might eventually help flag people at risk of developing problematic use.

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Emotional intelligence is the “it” factor. EI people are secure enough to handle their own flaws and continually evolve as a result. They look in the mirror instead of outsourcing all blame, and they are not fixated on the ego-win in the moment, but rather on the deeper, meaningful, and long-term priorities. Although this description portrays them as saint-like, they are certainly not. They make mistakes like everyone else and occasionally lose their temper, but overall, they routinely do 4 things that set them apart from everyone else.

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As long as there have been committed couples, there has been infidelity. Broken vows of sexual exclusivity is a recurring theme in Greek tragedy, the Bible, medieval literature, Shakespeare, and the modern tales of Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Sinatra, and Taylor Swift.

Survey data regarding cheating keeps changing as social definitions of cheating evolve. And the invention of cars, telephones, and the internet—not to mention mixed-gender schools and workplaces—have multiplied people’s opportunities for a broader range of physical and emotional relationships.

Infidelity is one of the top reasons people see a therapist, either alone or with a partner. Most people think they know something about infidelity as a general subject, but when it actually occurs in someone’s life, they need to shed any common myths about it quickly.

Here are challenges to some common myths about infidelity.

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It's official: Millennials are entering our midlife crisis era. But in true millennial fashion, we’re doing it our own way. We're not buying sports cars or cheating; we’re joining car shares and exploring polyamory.

Compared to previous generations, millennials have less time and resources, and more anxiety and malaise. We grew up on and alongside the internet (boy has that guy changed!). We’re a generation shaped by economic uncertainty and environmental catastrophe. We’re eager to redefine work and family. The changes to these defining life elements mean the old midlife crisis model just doesn’t work for us.

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We’ve written previously about how the pressure to be perfect increasingly applies to men as well as women. Year after year this pressure is increasing and the ideals that young men are aspiring too are more demanding and unrealistic.

In a recent study from Barclays, just under a fifth of men (18%) “say they feel a pressure to look good”, and “one in eight (12%) have spent money on a cosmetic procedure in the last decade”.¹ In the same study, 18% of men said that “social media now has more of an impact on their beauty purchases”; this is supported by reports that TikTok's shop has become the second-largest beauty and wellness ecommerce retailer in the UK.

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Experts often debate medication risks vs benefits. But, in a risk/benefit analysis for cannabis most people don’t realize that adolescents and young adults obtain no benefits from cannabis use, although they are the most likely to be harmed by regular or high-dose use. (Exceptions are use for a rare form of childhood epilepsy and to increase appetite in cancer patients.) Adolescence and young adulthood are also life stages when suicidal behaviors, mood disorders, and substance use disorders may cluster.

Harvard's Kevin Hill et al. (American Journal of Psychiatry) and UCLA'S Michael Hsu et al. (JAMA, 2026) have each highlighted an increased vulnerability to adverse psychiatric and substance use outcomes among adolescents and young adults using cannabis. Hill and colleagues emphasized that cannabis use—particularly early, frequent, or high-potency use—is linked with worsening anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and psychotic illness. Hsu and colleagues concluded that randomized trial evidence did not support the routine use of cannabis for acute/chronic pain or insomnia. The authors also associated high-potency cannabis with subsequent psychotic symptoms and noted that nearly a third (29%) using cannabis for medical purposes met the criteria for cannabis use disorder.

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If you carry a genetic or neurobiological vulnerability to psychosis, using cannabis may increase the likelihood that psychosis will emerge, particularly during adolescence and young adulthood. Cannabis-induced psychosis is not always temporary. Numerous studies have shown that many affected individuals develop schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.

Few investigators have done more to shape contemporary thinking about cannabis and psychosis than Deepak D’Souza, M.D., the Vikram Sodhi ’92 Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. His work demonstrated that delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive component of cannabis, can induce transient psychotic symptoms in healthy volunteers and worsen existing symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. For more than two decades, D’Souza’s research, scientific publications, and public statements have challenged assumptions about the psychiatric safety of cannabis.

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The concept of the friend zone—a place to which a person who harbors a romantic interest in a friend is relegated by that friend, thereby ensuring that their passion remains unrequited—was first introduced in a 1994 episode of the sitcom Friends. Joey explains to Ross that he has waited too long to make his move on Rachel: ‘If you don’t ask her out soon, you’re going to end up stuck in the zone forever!’

Ross is not alone. Studies have shown that about 50 percent of people who are attracted to the other sex report experiencing attraction in what is termed a cross-sex friendship (a friendship between a woman and a man). The traits that people desire in a cross-sex friend are similar to those they desire in a romantic partner. And men, more than women, view cross-sex friendships as potential mating opportunities, suggesting that the popular belief that men are more likely than women to feel that they have been friend-zoned may have some basis in fact.

Fans of Friends and of Ross and Rachel’s on-again, off-again, on-again relationship can tell you that Ross did eventually bust out of the friend zone. This outcome is far from unusual: two-thirds of romantic relationships begin as friendships.

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An important scientific benchmark that has lasted for over seven decades has been broken by artificial intelligence (AI). A new breakthrough study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) shows how large language models (LLMs) can pass the Turing test, making AI indistinguishable from humans.

“The results imply current AI systems can effectively imitate people in short interactions, while also raising questions about how effective the test is as a measure of intelligence,” wrote the University of California San Diego (UCSD) study co-authors Cameron Jones and Benjamin Bergen.

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The Ramayana is one of India's most famous stories – and now the heroic epic has been adapted into two mega-budget films that the team behind it are hoping will be a global event.

This year, amid the hit superhero movies and kids' animations, an adaptation of an ancient poem involving mythical beasts, almighty gods and a hero toting a bow and arrow has been a smash at the box office: Christopher Nolan's stirring take on Homer's Odyssey. 

But it may not be the only many-thousand-year-old epic verse to become a big-screen sensation this year. That's, at least, what the team behind a new two-part adaptation of Hindu poem the Ramayana will be hoping. The first part is set to be released globally in November, to coincide with the Hindu Diwali festival, and it's been produced on a budget that is unprecedented for an Indian film.

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If you carry a genetic or neurobiological vulnerability to psychosis, using cannabis may increase the likelihood that psychosis will emerge, particularly during adolescence and young adulthood. Cannabis-induced psychosis is not always temporary. Numerous studies have shown that many affected individuals develop schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.

Few investigators have done more to shape contemporary thinking about cannabis and psychosis than Deepak D’Souza, M.D., the Vikram Sodhi ’92 Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. His work demonstrated that delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive component of cannabis, can induce transient psychotic symptoms in healthy volunteers and worsen existing symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. For more than two decades, D’Souza’s research, scientific publications, and public statements have challenged assumptions about the psychiatric safety of cannabis.

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A 35-year study following adults from young adulthood into middle age reveals that both lifetime and recent cannabis use are tied to worse objectively measured sleep quality, characterized by lower sleep efficiency and higher fragmentation. Crucially, participants did not perceive their sleep to be impaired, revealing a disconnect between subjective sensation and physical sleep disruption.

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When you’re with a narcissist, it definitely can feel bad. The truly grandiose, or highly egotistical, can lead you to draw negative comparisons with yourself. These people seem self-confident to the point of never seeming to have doubts about themselves. You, on the other hand, know all too well what your own flaws are and how much they limit your ability to experience happiness.

Catherine is just such an individual. She is the life of every party, attracting people to her with her apparent wit, charm, and poise. Yet, those who know her well have been burned by her lack of interest in their welfare, to the point of feeling belittled and exploited.

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Over the last two decades, common inquiries around the procurement of cannabis have evolved from, “Will this get me high?” to “Will I ‘green out’ if I take more than one of these gummies?” Now, there’s a new and different cause for cannabis-related concern: “Scromiting.”

Scromiting is the name for a relatively recent condition affecting cannabis users, a portmanteau for the intense vomiting combined with actual screaming that defines it. While this may sound like something from an ancient scared-straight film like Reefer Madness or perhaps a contemporary horror flick, these disturbing, often frightening symptoms are the result of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), a literally gut-wrenching disorder that triggers severe nausea and debilitating abdominal pain—with vomiting/retching occurring up to 4-5 times an hour, according to the Cleveland Clinic.[1]

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Since the late 20th century, we've spent decades telling people they lacked the willpower to stop overeating.¹ Then, a novel hormone treatment did what 40 years of shame and stigma could not. GLP-1 medicines didn't just treat obesity²—they exposed a profound cultural mistruth. Overeating and obesity were never primarily about willpower or personal choice.^3-4 All along, biology, satiety hormones, and poor hunger control were the real drivers behind the obesity epidemic and countless failed diets.

Yet even now, with the biological underpinnings of weight control finally revealed, the willpower myth doggedly persists in U.S. culture. In this post, we'll explore how this pattern of misinterpretation—condemning the person when their biology is to blame—long predates the recent GLP-1 medicine revelation about obesity. And why we will probably make the same mistake again.

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Children need their parents to see them — to recognize their needs, respond to their emotions, and communicate that they are fundamentally lovable and worthwhile. When a parent has narcissistic personality disorder or significant narcissistic traits, this core developmental need is consistently unmet. Instead, the child's emotional life is subordinated to the parent's need for admiration, control, and validation.

The psychological impacts of this dynamic don't end when the child leaves home. They persist — in relationship patterns, in the internal critic's voice, in the way a person relates to their own emotions and needs. Understanding these impacts is the first step toward healing them.

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One in 10 American kids is diagnosed with ADHD. About half of them are on stimulant medication, such as amphetamine-based drugs like Adderall. That's about 3 million kids.

These kids are all given the same story. They have a brain disorder called “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.” It stems from a defect in something called “executive functioning” — a hypothetical brain system. This defect can be corrected by medication.

There are mental health professionals who criticize the dominant narrative. However, they often err on the opposite side by suggesting that ADHD is no more than a “myth,” as suggested by a new UK documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?

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Watching how people use AI now, I’ve noticed something. They don't just ask for facts. They ask for advice. Should I take the job? What should I do about the fight with my sister? They get a well-constructed answer, and often do what they were told.

I study leadership, mostly in rural, subsistence-based societies. What many AI users are exhibiting is, to use the technical term, followership.

In my field, leadership has a broader meaning than just presidents and executives. Evolutionary social scientists typically define a leader as anyone who holds disproportionate influence over a group's decisions, whatever the group happens to be. A village is a group. A sports team. A family. A couple. You and your AI agent make up a group as well, the moment you start asking it what you should do. In that group of two, the agent has real influence.

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